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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Mass Hysterics

Booking Information

To guarantee your ticket book in advance. There will be some tickets available on the day on a first come, first served basis.

Venue: Sage Two

Tickets: Free but ticketed (Max 4 per person)

Details

“Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.” – Steve Martin.

Comedians Adam Kay, Alexei Sayle, Jen Brister and Sanjeev Kohli join Matthew Sweet to offer a masterclass in making the many laugh.

Jen Brister is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor. She is a regular performer on the UK and international comedy circuits. She has written for BBC Scotland, presented for BBC 6 Music and Juice FM, and has been a regular contributor to magazines and online sites including Diva and The Huffington Post.

Adam Kay is a doctor turned award-winning comedian. His memoir, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor came top in a readers’ poll to win the Books Are My Bag award in 2017. His television writing credits include Crims, Mrs. Brown’s Boys and Mitchell and Webb.

Sanjeev Kohli is a comedian, writer, actor and broadcaster. Sanjeev co-writes the Radio 4 sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags and has appeared in Cold Feet, River City and as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the long running Scottish sitcom, Still Game.

Alexei Sayle was a central figure in the alternative comedy movement in the 1980s and original MC of London’s first modern comedy club, the Comedy Store. As well as writing and performing stand-up and on TV sitcoms, Alexei has also written short stories, novels and non-fiction and his series for BBC Radio 4, Alexei Sayle’sImaginary Sandwich Bar.

Matthew Sweet is a columnist for Art Quarterly and Newsweek and presents Free Thinking and Sound of Cinema on BBC Radio 3 and The Philosopher’s Arms on Radio 4.

For your information…

Phase one tickets will be available from 12noon on Monday 5 February, with phase two tickets available from 12noon on Monday 19 February.

Tickets are strictly limited to four per person.

To guarantee your ticket book in advance. There will be some tickets available on the day on a first come, first served basis.

Please take your seats 10 minutes prior to the event start time otherwise you may lose your place.